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A solo string quartet is the protag­o­nist in this chamber-like music.

I’ve been thinking about the partic­u­lar state of mind of a senior, that peculiar combi­na­tion of expectancy, finality, boredom, and bewil­der­ment that comes at the end of an impor­tant but mixed expe­ri­ence.

Senior is a bit sad, but not senti­men­tal— or rather, whenever the music seems about to lapse into prema­ture nostal­gia, some new bauble comes along to distract it.